The Revisionists, Thomas Mullen
The Revisionists, Thomas Mullen
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The Revisionists

Author: Thomas Mullen

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 16 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2011


Synopsis

A fast-paced literary thriller that recalls dystopian classics such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, from the award-winning author of The Last Town on Earth.

Zed is an agent from the future. A time when the world's problems have been solved. No hunger. No war. No despair.

His mission is to keep it that way. Even if it means ensuring every cataclysm throughout history runs its course-especially The Great Conflagration, an imminent disaster in our own time that Zed has been ordered to protect at all costs.

Zed's mission will disrupt the lives of a disgraced former CIA agent; a young Washington lawyer grieving over the loss of her brother, a soldier in Iraq; the oppressed employee of a foreign diplomat; and countless others. But will he finish his final mission before the present takes precedence over a perfect future? One that may have more cracks than he realizes?

The Revisionists puts a fresh spin on today's global crises, playing with the nature of history and our own role in shaping it. It firmly establishes Mullen as one of the most exciting and imaginative writers of his generation.

About Thomas Mullen

Thomas Mullen is the author of The Last Town on Earth, which was named Best Debut Novel of the Year by USA Today and Best Book of the Year by the Chicago Tribune. The novel also won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction. Thomas lives in Atlanta with his wife and son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on March 16, 2016

Time travel stories have been done to death, but this latest addition to the genre might well become a classic. Z (Zed) is a protector - a man who does bad things so worse won't happen - travels back to our present to protect his Perfect Society from the HAGs (Historical Agitators). His job is diffi......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on January 31, 2013

What is this book about? Time travel? Intelligence organizations? Government cover-ups? Diplomatic immunity? War? Dealing with loss? Mental illness? Maybe all of it and then some. Definitely more of a mystery than sci-fi, with twists and turns, additional pieces of the story around every turn of the......more

Goodreads review by Lou on October 04, 2011

Within these pages you will find a complex cerebral thriller. A thriller post 9/11 and a government where agents hunt down and kill those that plot to unbalance the peace. A world of espionage, secrets and cover ups. Don't expect a visceral thriller, from the title and book cover I was expecting mor......more

Goodreads review by David on October 05, 2011

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this book that I decided to read on a whim. A mix of time travel and modern-day politics? Okay, let's see how the author handles it. To my surprise, he handled it very well indeed. Usually anyone who decides they're going to take on 9/11, gentrification, racia......more

Goodreads review by switterbug (Betsey) on June 23, 2012

Mullen's third novel, a dystopian time-travel, was drowned out in the literary world by Stephen King's time travel epic, 11/22/63. Actually, both novels are ideal as bookends; in King's book, the protagonist goes back in time to try and alter history, whereas Mullen's protagonist, Zed, is an agent f......more